17.10.047 Reasonable use application and process.
Whenever an applicant requests a reasonable use exception, the applicant shall submit a complete application to the director for review. The applicant is strongly encouraged to schedule a submittal appointment with the department when submitting the application. This meeting will ensure that the applicant has a complete application, containing all of the elements required by this section. The department may refuse to accept an incomplete application.
The director shall prepare a recommendation to the hearing examiner based on review of the submitted information.
The reasonable use application shall include the following information, which will be used to evaluate whether a reasonable use exception shall be allowed:
A. A complete application and special study, as required by LMC 17.10.040; and
B. A map and narrative describing the development proposal, and proposed impacts and reductions being requested; and
C. A mitigation plan specifying the measures taken to mitigate for the impacts; and
D. A map showing the other setbacks required by other standards of the zoning code and any modification to those standards being requested; and
E. An analysis of the impact that the proposed development would have on the environmentally critical area(s) and/or their buffer(s); and
F. A design of the proposal so that the amount of development proposed as “reasonable use” will have the least impact practicable on the environmentally critical area(s), including a narrative as to why the applicant believes this is so; and
G. A description of the design modifications proposed by the applicant in order to minimize impacts on the critical area(s) and buffer(s). This includes, but is not limited to, a description of the modified building footprint, reduced building setback from the buffer, parking modifications, reduced total building square feet, modified location to preserve trees, and any other measures taken by the applicant; and
H. A description of the needed modifications to the standards of all applicable chapters to accommodate the proposed development, including chapter citations; and
I. Any other related projects documents, such as permit applications to other agencies, special studies, and environmental documents prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Policy Act; and
J. Such other information as the director or hearing examiner determines is reasonably necessary to evaluate the issue of reasonable economic use as it relates to the proposed development. (Ord. 3193 § 2, 2016)